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Dentists stuck by Medicaid reimbursement

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I respond to the Thursday letter “Tweak state rules for dental providers” from Cathy J. Levine,
executive director of Universal Health Care Action Network — Ohio. She wrote a worthy account of
the lack of dentists to provide coverage through Medicaid.

However, she failed to investigate the cause of this shortage: Medicaid has not raised the fee
structure for dentists for years, while the costs of labor, rent and supplies have increased
exponentially.

As a retired oral surgeon, I commend those dentists who still provide these services to a needy
populace.